How to save 50k per year in Thailand

I am Thai, and I used it by personal intention to reduce plastic waste. I would support every country to have this kind of machine to reduce plastic waste.

Make sure they clean the machine regularly. Trip to hospital and new underwear can be expensive.

Great tip! Another idea is to install a small reverse osmosis system in your home tap, and you will never have to buy or carry water around again. Just have to change the filters every few months. They sell them at Homepro/Thaiwatsadu etc.

Brilliant tip. Very handy out on the go, often use this trick which cycling to refill my bottle. At home I get the big water cooler jugs, think that's around 18L for 15B. Brilliant for the house

Those machines are gold and Littery every ware, but Check the sticker when they clean the machine. Many neglect changing filter in them

The problem is, that you do not seem to know the difference between 'drinking' water, and 'mineral' water.

Well, the problem with this dispenser is that when you push the bottle up to the refill nibble that doesn't look sanity at all.

last year I was in Chiang Mai, I got water from a machine like this too. but then I heard people's comment, saying that they never saw once that these machines' filter got replaced. I don't know whether it's true or not, but, I must say I won't be surprised if such a machine's filter is left not replaced for a long time...... however, even with the doubt of the filter, the price difference is still very attractive. and it saves a lot waste of plastic bottles.

I left a water bag unused for 1 week and green algae had formed on the inside bottom and sides. The lid formed green gunk. OK for rinsing dishes.

I use them in Australia, but recently I saw that my usual dispenser had some rodent droppings in one corner and some ants wandering around. I reported it and was cleaned promptly. Just goes to show, they're only as clean as someone's diligence will allow. Incidentally, the one here has no contact with the container. You just place it accurately underneath. A question: how many people would drink out of their bottle, then fasten same bottle onto the dispenser? 🤔

i replied to your comment about ppm tester but i don't see it,they are called tds digital tester cheap at temu like $5 and ebay around $10

It's not exactly the same thing at all and those machines are not serviced that regular and i've seen those machine start leaking when the filters expanded due to non service and then break the RO filter wall. The water is dead water Reverse osmosis (RO) (filtered) even with a PPM it will show you results of 0.01 or something there is nothing in it. Anyone who knows anything about decent water will show you how things grow heather in what water depending on what elements that water is carrying. Wait till you see the actual pipes after a year of use in that machine AFTER the RO is done, they will be brown with gunk / sediment that smells slightly too. Maybe do a bit more research to in your next videos on this. Good luck

This can be useful even for a tourist,not just for long stay.Its the same thing in Cyprus.

The problem with water from the machines is the poor maintenence of the filters. Most of these machines are reverse osmosis filter systems and the filters need to be replaced regularly or the water will become unsafe for consumption. Better yet is purchasing a filter system of your own. ZERO WATER makes a fantastic devise with repaceable filters and is portable and countertop useable and very affordable.

Yo! That’s actually insane the saving you can make. I was genuinely shocked at the saving as well as the health benefits. Not to mention bottled water is not the best either.

WOW!! I didn’t expect the reverse osmosis to be this cheap!! That’s nuts!! 😮

Completely agree with 999kbs, as a retired water systems engineer living in Thailand, these machines are only as good of supplying quality water on the back of the filter maintainance, I use this water for coffee and cooking as it has a heat process involved to kill any bugs, but you are completely leaving to chance, but it is a choice at the end of the day.. health / cost

or just get 4 gallon bottles delivered to your house.

Brilliant Vlog on something fantastic that Thailand has done for it’s population 👍🏻☺️ Summary - Add fresh Lime Juice to any R.O water you drink, keep it stored in Glass not Plastic and as others have said, check that the R.O machine is being cleaned 👍🏻☺️ R.O (Reverse Osmosis) Water is fantastic and for me its amazing its available almost everywhere in Thailand via these machines now 🙏🏻☺️ There are some slight issues with it though that I think people should be aware of… 1. R.O water is almost as purely filtered as Distilled water is. The issue is that Water should have some minerals inside it and should ideally be structured too So - adding some fresh Lime Juice, electrolyte minerals, coconut sugar or honey to it is brilliant, to stop it having any negative effect on the mineral level in your body over time… …and a bonus of fresh Lime Juice is that it will help to structure the water too, this will all really help with hydration 👍🏻☺️ 2. Use Glass as much as possible to keep R.O water in as it can easily leach the plastic out from the bottle into itself, which is not good obvious reasons! Well done Thailand on providing a source of excellent Water so cheaply for it’s people and savvy tourists 🙏🏻☺️ …which also helps keep plastic out of the environment too.!!